Who Protects The Low-Income And The Poor From Perpetual Property Tax Increases? NO ONE.

From presidential candidates, black and white, on down to our local county commission, city council, school board and yes, the media too, only two strata of our society are publicly acknowledged for campaign purposes, the 1% and the middle class. The words "low-income" much less "poor" are NOT in their current political lexicon.

They NEVER speak about the disproportionate burden of ALWAYS ESCALATING Property Taxes have on those in our community with the fewest economic resources.

The potential for property tax supported "civic good works" is endless. We could raise property taxes to keep our beloved libraries open 24/7, build nuclear bomb resistant schools with a student teacher ratio of 1 to 1 teaching every subject imaginable, buy every last bit of land available for parks and post police officers on every street corner in the city around the clock etc. etc. etc.

If not another "do good" property tax increase was proposed our property taxes would still INCREASE by 3% every year automatically regardless of the local or national economy and regardless of our household income.

On behalf of all of us in Mitt Romney's 47% forgotten, disregarded, low-income and poor Americans I ask the middle class elected public officials in Portland and Multnomah County to STOP proposing more "do good" program increases in our property taxes until they figure out how to make our property taxes PROGRESSIVE.

Those of us living in households at the lower end of the income scale need to stop paying for outrageous and unsustainable public employee pensions and $1,000 to $2,000 dollar a month public employee health care benefits, both of which continue to rise unabated.

Below are the limits of household income in Multnomah County that qualify for Public Housing. If you find that your household qualifies or you're otherwise in Romney's 47% castoffs then I urge you and every voter in your household to VOTE NO on EVERY Property Tax Increase on the November ballot and, of course, NO on Mitt Romney.